Game and toy.



A. O. VAN SICKELS.

GAME AND TOY.

APPLICATION man AUG. 19. ms,

1,161,552. Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

, e seni e e is e GAME Ell-IE3 T03 i eecificarion of Letiers Patent.

Parenied Joe. 23, 1915.

Application filed August 18 1835. serial No. 46,33.

To all whom is may concern Be it known that 31, ELL-examiner. G. VanSrcnnrs, a citizen of the United Siates, residing at East; Haven, Havenand Share of Connec cicue, have invented a new and useful Improvement inGames and Toys; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the characters ofreference marked thereon, he be a full, clear, and exact description ofshe sam and which said drawings constitute part of this application, andrepresent, in-

Figure 1 a side view of a top constructed in accordance with myinvention, showing the tape engaged with the spindle preparetory toWinding, and the crank handle in place. Fig. 2 a side View of the top,(le tached. Fig. 3 a side View of the top reverse of Fig 1. Fig. i aside View of the top reverse or" Fig 2. Fig. 5 sectional View on theline a-7) of Fig. 1, enlarged. Fig. 6 a side View of the crank handle,deinched. Fig, 7 a plan View of a counter adapted to be used inconnection with my improved game or toy.

This invention relates to an improvemeni; in games and toys, andparticularly be ihose of the spinning-top variety, the object of theinvention being :0 provide a spinning top with means for spinning it;and the inven tion consists in the construction hereinafter describedand particularly recited in the claim.

end with a gromet 11 which is adapted to enter he notch and see over thepin To assist in winding the tape around spindle, I preferably form oneside of the body with a hole 12 to receive one end of a crank handie 13.This crank handle is formed from a piece ofwire doubled upon itself atone end to form a point 14 to enter the hole 12,

the county of New and at the other end to form a handle 15. The end orthe Wire 16 forming the point 14:

. is bent at right angles so as to form a stop the spindle and thegromet 11 placed over The Wire crank-handle is then she pin 6. insertedinto the body and by means of the cranlohandle the body is turned so asto Wind the tape around the spindle beeween the fingers 8 and 9 of thehandle which form a guide for the tape; and by forming the spindle withthe notch 5, the gromet end or the rape will no; project beyond the edgeof the spindle so that the tape will be evenly wound around the spindle;and by using a fiat tape instead or" a string, all binding or ramping isavoided. When the tape is suiiiciently sound the crank-handle is removedand a sudden pull upon the rape will cause the top to rotate: and whenthe tape is unwound, it will slip 01? from the pin allowing the top indrop away from the handle.-

After the momentum imparted to the top is exhausicd, the top will fallon one side or the other, exposing the numbers or letters on the uppersurface.

One "use of a top is in connection with marbles, and if she top fallswith the side uppermos hearing 5lfii3TlL Take 1, the ,1 es a 'marhle. Ifanother side comes up one iced Give 1. the spinner gives a marble. Ifthe side merited All 5 comes up, the spinner takes all, or 5, as may beagreed; or ii the side marked None comes uppermost, the spinner geesnothing. The lop may also he used connection with a counter, shown inFig. 7 of the drawings, which of a graduated disk 17 havinga po' r cer18 pivotally mounted upon it, and adamed to sweep over the face of thedislr e0 indicate :1 rious counts shown by the faces of Lhe top restinguppermost when the spinning is completed.

1 claim A. game or soy of the class described, comprising a t p-body'formed at its lower end adapted to engage with the pin in the spinwith apoint, and at the upper end With a die, said body formed in one sidewitha spindle, said spindle formed in one side hole, and a Wire crank handleadapted to 10 with a notch and provided with a pin Within enter saidhole, whereby the body maybe '5 said notch, combined with a handlehaving turned in the handle and the tape Wound a bifurcated endperforated to set over said upon the spindle. spindle, a fiat tapeformed with a g'romet ALEXANDER O. VAN SICKELS.

